Texas Brotherhood Ride 2019: Austin Road Closures

AUSTIN, TX — Police have outlined the traffic plan to be implemented this weekend in accommodating Texas Brotherhood Ride bicyclist participants, including details on which roads are slated to close.

The Austin Police Department Motors Unit are poised to accompany bicycle riders participating in the Texas Brotherhood Ride on Saturday, Aug. 24. It's an eight-day, 650-mile ride begins in Hempstead, Texas and continues on throughout the state to Trinity, Nacagdoches, Tyler, Dallas, Alvarado through Fort Worth to Mexia, then on to Temple and from Temple to the final destination in Austin.

Participants are firefighters, police officers and EMS personnel who ride bicycles to honor first responders who have died in the line of duty. The goal of the Texas Brotherhood Ride organization is to provide emotional and fiscal support to the families and colleagues of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, organizers explained. To that end, bicyclists will arrive at the North Interstate 35 frontage southbound road at Wells Branch at approximately 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Then, riders will depart from there and travel to the 1100 block of W. Anderson Lane for a brief rest before completing the final leg of their journey to the Texas Capitol where they will arrive by around 4 p.m.

The route will include North I-35 to North Lamar, then Guadalupe to 15th to the Capitol (maps below). There will be some rolling closures associated with the event, particularly on Lamar, police said: "We encourage drivers to allocate extra time if they’ll be traveling in the area on Saturday afternoon."

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